... 000, 1­12 (2009) Printed 11 February 2010 A (MN L TEX style file v2.2) Analytical approximations of K -corrections in optical and near-infrared bands I1gor V. Chilingarian1 2 ,2,3 , Anne-Laure Melchior 1,4 and Ivan Yu. ... Received 2010 February 01; in original form 2009 August 14 ABSTRACT To compare photometric properties of galaxies at different redshifts, the fluxes need to be corrected for the changes of effective rest-frame wavelengths of filter bandpasses, called K -corrections. ... Table 1. ...

... Seeking a splendid escape to the beach or the cool breezes and green hills of the foothills and mountains of the northeast can offer a chance to take a longer look at the summer sky. ... StarQuest Memories. StarQuest was a blast this year! ... The observing at StarQuest, especially on Saturday night, was worthy of pulling an all-nighter, and several of us had our eyepieces and CCD cameras working all night along (including Brian Van Liew and Bob Vanderbei with their CCDs). ... Dark Skies! ...